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Why after reading this do I want pasta for dinner?

I think they know, I think they protect the brand above all else, and the brand wants nothing to do with widespread condemnation of players out causing concussions in the era of CTE. Brady is the one of the marquis faces of the brand, thus injury to him is a very bad thing for the league. Fans love him, or hate him, but he draws the crowd. When all is said and done, a JA, Cam Newton or Barnett is disposable, Brady or Brees absolutely not.

Well you're crazy in the sense that you're disregarding the cause of the injury and placing it on the shoulders of the guy who was hit. Is there a football fan or players left that doesn't know about the helmet to helmet rule? The entire game is played out without a similar occurrence, yet occurs when the opportunity presents itself. The Pat's are widely and correctly acknowledged for incredible attention to detail when preparing for games. They know the tendencies of the players and are coached accordingly. "Do your job" is the mantra. No need to rehash the past here, but the ship sailed a long time ago on giving the Pats the benefit of the doubt. Imo they are coached up to and including this sort of thing. When Gronkowski assaulted Tre White, where was the team punishment? Heck, going back to Wilfork blowing out Losman's knee with an elbow? And so on. As a fan I'd like to see JA slide. However, the context of the game matters. You're down 6 due in large part to your performance, you're certainly not getting help from the officials (flags thrown and picked up om def holding when approaching the red zone, illegal formations/attack on special teams, review on int being questioned by a former official, and eventually grounding not being grounding when its grounding), you're 23 and you put it all on your back. Bad choice to be sure, but the byproduct of NOT sliding is not assumed to be a clear helmet to helmet hit. Similarly, under pressure, one would not assume that scrambling to avoid a sack would result in a helmet to helmet hit, a dive at the knees or a head slap. You're correct that it is naive to think a defensive player on the other side won't target the head. I don't think the same sort of scenario would have played out had he not scrambled. I'm 50/50 on whether he would have taken the shot to the head if he slid. I'd like to think no, but then again the rule on helmet to helmet is pretty well established and yet it happened in a big way. I'd consider this a crime of opportunity.

Now, this really makes no sense. Why have a rule in place for unsportsmanlike conduct if it's acceptable lay a helmet-to-helmet hit on someone? Your boy went full Jack Tatum on the guy being tackled and you're blaming the victim.

Incomplete. In in spite of the bad day, the Bills were within 6 in the 4th when he does what many QBs can/will not do. He scrambles for a first down to try and move the chains. At home, (almost inconceivably) a close game, fighting to the end. If he doesn’t take the shot to the head, goes on to score and the Bills pull out the upset, he gets the benefit of the curve and his grade is no longer an F. It might be a D, but a D with a W is better than an F and knocked out of the game. And he didn’t “lose the game”, even taking your word you are the biggest homer. 10-10 absent the ST punt. 17-16 if Barkley leads them to a TD. Other players CAN do things to help the team. A broken tackle. A linemen opening a hole. A dB back picking off the other Qb. A forced fumble on a run. A return for a TD. Coaching decisions to go for the 3 instead of 6. Missed field goal. In fact, SH makes the first kick, gives us the benefit of settling for 3 on the first Barkley drive, and we’re playing for the win on the last drive. Jesus, I’ve convinced myself it’s a conspiracy from the inside out!! (But absolutely agree he played poorly.)

We have found the jinx!

The analyst thinks there is a place in today’s NFL for flagrant helmet to helmet hits? He sounds great.

Actually times haven’t changed that much at all. Guys like Alonzo, Burfict, Gronkowski and this scumbag today continue to head hunt and what’s the impact? 15 yards and maybe few bucks relative to earnings? Some guys just want to injure other players, and for all the league posturing on making the game safer, the league saw this play as a borderline hit. According to some of the guys who play the game, the rules slide one way or the other on shots like this. Player safety is vitally important for for some players.

Humility now, ***** that’s easy. When you win, you’ll be insufferable. Probably a little crazy, too, like Joaquin Phoenix, though I think that’s in part because his parents saddles him a hard pronounce while naming his brother River. “Skye, mom, why didn’t you just go with Skye??”

I have to admit ths thread got dicey. I went back about 10 hours and found out: 1. Tibs was in rare form. He posted a series of Tibseaque thoughts, but agreed with a few points raised by Das Rhino and made me laugh with a comment about being buried in right wing tweets. That was funny. I give Tibs an A, but as he is a liberal I must drop his grade to an F because the A represents American Exceptionalism and he ain't down with that. 2. Transplant appeared to be in emotional free fall during one post. I feel badly because while there are places to go for emotional support during those times (Emotional Assistance 800 numbers, Facebook and pretty much any Alyssa Milano tweet), this isn't the place. I gave him an A because I wanted him to feel better about himself. 3. Crayola claimed to be an attorney for a bigly law firm, and I believe him as he spent the next 200 threads debating hearsay and boring me to shmitherenes. I gave him an A as well, fearful that if I give him his actual grade of F, he would commence litigation for defamation of character. 4. Gary Busey posted often and apparently continues to recover from the doink to the head suffered in a motorcycle accident sustained while playing Mr. Joshua with Mel Gibson and Danny Glover in Lethal Weapon. I give him an F for content, but upgraded him to an A for brutality when torturing Mr. Gibson with a battery charger and nipple clips in the movie. 5. DC Tom has abandoned idiot for nitwit. I'm not sure how I feel about this, so I have given him an incomplete grade. 6. DR received a nomination for an Emmy. Awesome!

I always thought it was spelled "knit wits". I'll use it in a sentence: "Joe Biden is as dumb as those things you knit wit.".

Honestly, results matter. Like JA, Mayfield is not a finished product. We got your classic NFL hype after Mayfield came in last year and won games. They added weapons, more hype. He hasn't delivered yet, so in that sense he is overrated. He may end up winning 5 SBs but who knows? They may end up running the table this year, or catch fire late and gets on a roll. For now, he is what he is.

I feel dirty saying this but both are correct. They're both right different.

Isn't that the America we live in?

The chalk line meme is hysterical.

I think you’re confusing ordinary, thoughtful, and nuanced Americans concerned with corruption at the highest levels of our government with “DEEP STATE, THE MOVIE” starring Mark Ruffalo, Leonardo DiCaprio and Charlize Theron as Hillary Clinton.

You stole my Part Deux, you thieving b*stard! ?

All I know is I’m doing my part. I don’t use a traditional garbage company to pick up my recyclables due to their reliance on fossil fuel. I toss all my empty Diet Mountain Dew bottles along the side of the road, and just the other day saw a guy on a bike stop to pick them up. I chastised him for using a Hefty cinch sack and reminded him that paper is much more environmentally friendly. I live my truth.

Before it’s closed down...I just gotta know...did she make it? The old lady—is she ok?

This raises all sorts of questions regarding Antonio Brown, the Brady house, and Giselle's hair and skin care regimen. All sorts.

"I thought I could take him but he just seemed so tall...."

Thanks for the post! I have really come to dislike these sorts of articles. Emotionally overwrought, a deep dive into the psyche of the man, and some weird iteration of the courage it took to walk away while other players question his heart. He played competitive football at a high level for a long time. He surely knew the impact of the quit mid-game, left his coaching staff wondering if he was taking a breather or hurt, surely in the moment they wouldn't think he was quitting. I'd have no issue with the guy quitting in camp, quitting mid week, quitting at the end of the tough game. At least, no more "you couldn't have done it before or during training camp to allow the team to adjust?". My favorite part is the writer's assertion that the Bills "demanded" money back on the contract he didnt fulfill and how he didn't even care to fight it. How magnanimous of him. Screw him and his Yoko Ono future ex-wife. (Just kidding on that part, he moved on, it's his reputation and if he's cool with quititng at halftime who really cares? Thank goodness the feeling didn't come over him mid-special teams play) .

I agree. Why just the other day, I visited the local library to read up on the Great Pyramids. I accessed the Dewey Decimal Clasification system to get a general idea of where to look, walked over to the section and discovered many, many books on the pyramids. Big books, small books, some with pictures, some with none, and some were about pyramids that weren't even in Egypt. I went to the front desk and spoke with the librarian, a mousey lady with her hair in a bun and glasses that seemed too large for her face, and I asked her: "What's with all the books on pyramids? Do you people really expect me to read through all of these? It's a glorified triangle!!". She told me to be stop talking so loud and get a book or not, made no difference to her. Honestly, I liked her sass and the more I looked, the more I realized she maybe had a little something going on behind all the layers so I asked her out. Turns out she was a gymnast in college and stays in shape by doing yoga to stay flexible. We're going out next week, she said something about getting out of those stuffy librarian clothes and going buck wild. Should be fun! My point is that sometimes, it's not a bad thing that there are so many books about pyramids.

Based on this standard, any representative that ever appeared before a hostile committee is involved in a coverup. Even you, local chapter president of the He-Man-Trump-Hater club will acknowledge these types of hearings are an embarrassment to intelligent and fair-minded people everywhere, yes? Nadler: "With regard to page 74 of 435 of the Herr Oberfuhrer Mueller report, paragraph 7, line 4, it's obvious the President was terrified of the cover up being exposed. What other explanation would you have?". Witness: "Can you read page 74 of 435, paragraph 7, line 4?" Nadler: THIS IS ABSURD! I HAVE NO TIME TO BE SPECIFIC ON A REPORT SUMMARIZING THRER YEARS, HUNDREDS OF SUBPOENAS, HUNDREDS OF WITNESSES AND A FEW DOZEN DOORS KICKED IN! It's all very Salem witch-trialesque. Imo, Lewandowski followed the model that makes the most sense. Volunteer nothing, elaborate on nothing, respond with obvious disdain and contempt for the hacks on the committee, and leave them stewing in their own juices.

You are all over the place, Tybil.